Libraries Learning Commons: Art and Design Sources: Journals + Databases

Open Access Journals

Arts
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2012 - present
Arts is an international peer-reviewed open access journal published quarterly online by MDPI.
Art Journal Open
Call Number: Online
Art Journal Open is an online forum for the visual arts that presents artists’ projects, conversations and interviews, scholarly essays, and other forms of content from across the cultural field. Published by the College Art Association of America, Inc.
International Journal of Design
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2007 - present
The International Journal of Design is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal devoted to publishing research papers in all fields of design, including industrial design, visual communication design, interface design, animation and game design, architectural design, urban design, and other design related fields.

Design Week (Online)
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2010 - 2017
A monthly UK publication that delves into the design industry.

Popular Culture Collection
Pop Culture Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture. The database offers useful information for researchers in social science, history, art or liberal arts courses. Terms of Use
Fine Arts & Music Collection
Fine Arts and Music Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that support research in areas including drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. The database emphasizes full-text content for publications included in the Wilson Art Index and RILM bibliography. Terms of Use
MasterFILE Elite
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,100 general reference publications with coverage dating as far back as 1984. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Elite also includes 56 full text reference books and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags. Terms of Use